The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for right ear otitis media. The Board also found that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the veteran currently has a chronic otitis media disability of the right ear due to service, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided indicate that the veteran's current right ear otitis media disability is related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear otitis media
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0622819
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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